Senior Product Manager - Payments

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Who we are, what we do & why we do it:

We are Dext - the world's leading accounting & bookkeeping automation software provider. Our products give businesses real-time visibility and control over spend, payments and expenses, and help accountants and bookkeepers reach new levels of efficiency when working with complex financial data workflows. We are trusted by over 1 million SMBs worldwide. Our solutions embrace AI, machine learning, and emerging technologies to advance and improve the accounting process and data quality for all, making accounting more effortless.

Dext operates across Europe, North America and APAC, with a rapidly expanding SaaS product offering, including the introduction of payments. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager who is very familiar with the core payment flows of receiving money in, holding a balance, paying money out and issuing cards, to drive this new initiative. This is a high-profile initiative, with ambitious delivery timelines, and will effectively set payments up as a new line of business.

It's a fabulous opportunity to make your mark and join our team in the UK to be part of one of the world's leading finance solution providers.

The role - what you'll do:

The Senior Product Manager - Payments is responsible for driving the strategy, development, and optimisation of seamless, secure, and scalable payment solutions that meet diverse user needs and regulatory requirements across markets. The PM will work proactively with senior leaders across the business, to understand, shape and deliver their strategic priorities, as well as lead complex initiatives of their own.

• Lead, shape and deliver payments across our use cases and markets, leveraging a partner for the payment processing;
• You will own the roadmap for the Payments product team, and work closely with other teams to deliver on this agenda and North Star metric;
• Lead across Design, Research, Engineering & Analytics to make sure our work is well designed and scoped, to maximise perceived value, and usability and manage delivery risk;
• Manage implementation across our core markets, UK, France, Canada/US, and Australia, as well as non-core markets in EU, South Africa, and APAC;
• Closely manage the implementation support provided by our payments provider;
• Leverage your expertise in payments and compliance considerations, to identify and manage risks for timely and quality delivery.

About you - what we are looking for:

Below are our ideal requirements, but we hire on potential, not just on experience, and we know that some people are less likely to apply for a role if they don't meet 100% of the criteria. At Dext we are committed to cultivating a diverse, inclusive and empowering culture, so please apply if you meet the majority of these competencies.

• 5+ years in product management, with a proven track record in delivering impactful solutions.
• Strong background in business payments or implementing payment flows within B2B platforms, ideally with experience using payment partners to build seamless workflows across core use cases;
• Familiar with diverse market requirements and user behaviours, with a commercial mindset that supports strategic, data-driven decisions;
• Adept in Agile methodologies and discovery techniques, with practical experience translating insights into product improvements;
• Excellent communication skills, with experience presenting and collaborating with C-level executives and senior stakeholders;
• Background in B2B SaaS, ideally with experience working alongside integration partners to deliver essential functionality;
• Familiarity with accounting practices will be a plus.

What you will be part of - our values, culture and behaviours:

We are a highly ambitious, innovative, market-leading FinTech. We are a global, Private Equity backed business (HgCapital), but we have the dexterity and pace of a scale-up. We are uncompromising in our desire to achieve our best, day-in day-out, and we have three clear values which guide everything we do:

Be Brave - Everyone in the company has a voice to challenge ideas and the status quo.

Be Exceptional - We set high standards for ourselves. We aim to be exceptional at what we do.

Be Together - We are one team. There is no such thing as individual success without team success.

Our behaviours are how we practically live and breathe our values and are an essential part of life at Dext.

Our behaviours guide us and inform how we communicate, collaborate and support each other.

They are: Be Diverse, be Courageous, be Considerate, be Transparent, be Focused, be Accountable, and above all, be Dexterous!

What we will give you - the perks:

• Competitive salary;
• Flexible working;
• 25 days off plus bank holidays volunteering days, summer hours and a day off the week of your birthday;
• Employer-paid private medical insurance and health cash plan (Medicash - reloadable shopping cards, cinema ticket discounts, online discounts and more!);
• Cycle to work scheme;
• Access to LinkedIn Learning;
• Payroll giving;
• Income protection;
• Mental health support through Help@Hand.

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